Description: This western man wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his blonde hair down. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Efferil speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Efferil lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and balancing his hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10000 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Jade (150 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears dull black sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has a crush on the local servant

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 10000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with tan slacks. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heskan studied abroad. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 8000 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Sard (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Coral (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a fancy black dress. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Puyet was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and balancing her hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 21000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her white fur is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Cask was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Coral (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a black vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ar-Beka never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears light armors faded through time and improper care, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.